thyroxin
Noun
- Alternative spelling of thyroxine.
thyroxin
Variant of thyroxine
noun
a colorless, crystalline compound, CHINO, the active hormone of the thyroid gland, often prepared synthetically and used in treating goiter, cretinism, and myxedema
also thyroxin
Origin of thyroxine
thyr(o)- + ox(y)- + -ine